Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Self Deprecating Quotes

Where liberty is, there is my country

Where liberty is, there is my country

The sparks fly in his face.

The sparks fly in his face.

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough...

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough...

When you're finished changing, you're finished.

When you're finished changing, you're finished.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.

Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them...

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them...

Tell a miser he's rich, and a woman she's old, you'll get no money of...

Tell a miser he's rich, and a woman she's old, you'll get no money of...

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and...

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and...

Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous

Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous

If you have time don't wait for time

If you have time don't wait for time

The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.

The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.

The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun

The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun

Like a man travelling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the...

Like a man travelling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the...

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

If you desire many things, many things will seem few.

If you desire many things, many things will seem few.

Observe all men; thy self most.

Observe all men; thy self most.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.

Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it; men come to be...

Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it; men come to be...

I believe in the necessity for struggle by people at the bottom of any society.

I believe in the necessity for struggle by people at the bottom of any society.

He who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client

He who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client